Dustin Henderson's older sister, Rachel, has always stayed out of the spotlight-pretty, quiet, and trying her best to keep life normal in Hawkins. But when the Upside Down erupts, Rachel is thrown straight into the chaos alongside Dustin... and Steve Harrington, the boy who borrowed her pencil and somehow borrowed her heart without meaning to. From Demogorgons to mall monsters to Vecna's curse, Rachel becomes the soft, steady strength of the group. And Steve? He becomes the boy who finally sees her. A slow-burn, canon-friendly Steve Harrington × OC romance told from Season 1-4. Rom-com softness meets Stranger Things horror. She's the quiet girl. He's the reformed hero. Together, they'll survive Hawkins #1 In Fandomreferences #2 In SteveXOC

' 𝒃𝒂𝒃𝒚𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒄𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒉 ' － 𝑎 𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑣𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑡𝑜𝑛 𝑓𝑎𝑛𝑓𝑖𝑐． 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 you're the cooler big sister to 𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧. 𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧'𝐬 life was normal. The girl would watch the kids in her freetime, joining in on their D&D campaigns, hanging out with her little brother, who she could say she hates but she does love him, and his friends. Until one night, she leaves the boys themselves.. and one goes 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒅 : 𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛 1 － 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑠． 𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛 2 －．．． 𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛 3 －．．． 𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛 4 －．．． 𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛 5 －．．． 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒔 (?) 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔. i own nothing other than my own oc, 𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧. ( 𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝒙 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓 ) ( 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝟏-𝟓 ) ( @𝒘𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒚𝒚 ) ( 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒔 )

❝now get your ass off this bathroom floor before i start questioning my choices.❞ steve harrington x byers! oc (fem) started: december 29th, 2024 ended: may 4th, 2025 season 1: ✅ season 2: ✅ season 3: ✅ season 4: ✅ season 5: ongoing. 𝘨𝘰𝘢𝘭𝘴 ♡ 1k : january 5, 2025 (🎂) 10k : march 23, 2025 50k: may 17, 2025 100k: june 4,2025 500k: october 29, 2025 1 million: december 4, 2025

| Some stories don't begin with monsters, they begin with the quiet kind of fear that lives in the dark long before anyone sees it. | Arwen Henderson has spent years trying to outgrow the shadows of her childhood, the strange visions and cold dread she once swore were only nightmares. Returning to Hawkins should have meant a fresh start, but the town feels suspended in the same uneasy quiet she remembers watchful, waiting, wrong. She tries to blend back into normal life school, old streets, and looking after her little brother Dustin. But Hawkins refuses to stay ordinary. Something stirs in the woods, people vanish without explanation, and that familiar chill, the one she thought she'd buried begins creeping back into her bones. Then she crosses paths with Steve Harrington. He's infuriatingly confident, effortlessly charming, and everything she doesn't have time for. Yet beneath the perfect hair and cocky smile, there's something unexpectedly steady about him, something that pulls her in despite every instinct telling her to stay away. As the town's mysteries deepen, so does their reluctant connection, built on danger, stubborn loyalty, and the realization that they might need each other more than either wants to admit. But as Hawkins falls further into silence, Ari's past starts clawing its way back, reminding her that some shadows don't fade... they wait. Together, she and the Hawkins Group must face the rising darkness surrounding the town, unaware just how close it already is to finding her again.